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"In the last few weeks Tara was happy, positive and making plans for when she recovered her health.

"As usual she had been busy with the friends and family she loved, and who loved her in return.

"She was in communication with her family and others of whom she was fond over her final weekend and had spent a lot of her time recording music and playing the piano in her apartment – a sure sign that she was happy and feeling good.

Tara was close to Kate and William (Image: Getty)

"Tara's funeral will be on the 27th February. This will be a private moment for family and close friends to grieve and we would ask that our privacy at this time is respected.

"We will miss Tara very much and will never forget the joy, love and humour she bought to our lives."

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Tara had given an interview in November 2016 revealing that she'd been diagnosed with a brain tumour in January of that year, following months of feeling sluggish and exhausted.

She was given tests and was eventually told about the growth on her pituitary gland.

In an emotional interview with the Daily Mail just three months ago, she said: "I went to the doctors to talk about my latest blood test results when I got back from skiing in January. I said: 'What does this mean? Can you translate it?' And the doctor said: 'As I suspected, you have a brain tumour'.

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"I got terribly frightened. I started thinking, 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die. I've only got a couple of weeks to live.' Stuff like that."

Tara went on: "It's that word, isn't it? But then one of the doctors said: 'Hang on a minute, would it help if you called it a wart or a growth?'

"They said: 'Tara, yes, it's a big scary word which you will keep hearing — but don't get out of control over it. A tumour can go across the board of many different things.'"

Prince Charles was a close family friend (Image: PA)

Tara's body was found by her cleaner at around 1.30pm on Wednesday 8th February.

The Portuguese cleaner, who is in her 30s, arrived at Tara's west London flat at around 1.30pm on Wednesday and was heard crying by builders renovating the apartment below.

The 45-year-old former model had been heard hoovering and walking around her flat the previous Wednesday and had previously complained several times about the builders to the flat's owner.

Five builders renovating the property since September say they saw the cleaner visit the flat twice a week.